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Topic: yellow chucks or wax at front door (Read 2257 times)

went to look at my bees today thay are at a frends house .aint look at them in about three mounths .today went by seen yellow chuncks of wax at front door from one side to the other and on ground it was alot i think .what do yall think this could be .what is going on in that hive .from bobby in va.

well it might be scrapings and particles.. looks to me like some of the bees were draging the wax out the front and thowing it out the front of the hive.the wax was about half the size of the bees .i did not see any robbing. just two hives in that place side by side so i could see if it was robbing i think. this are half russian bees any more help?

Can a mouse get in your hives? Do you have mouse guards or screen in place?

Many times, a mouse will enter in cold weather and eat away at the bottom frames of comb, as the bees are clustered. They just leave as the bees get more active or when they are done eating. (Some mice will nest even in hives active and are protected by the nest.

i observed same in observation hive when the bees tore into stores. not a lot and in an outdoor hive i probably wouldn't have noticed. have you had a warm up that would cause them to be more active and hungry?

ah...bummer. didn't read all the way to the bottom before posting above. mice are naughty critters. i get them between the screen and slide in board of my SBBs.

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